Javier Ruiz skips his holidays as La 1 stays on air through August
Javier Ruiz is not taking a summer break, not even during the Ceuta crisis. Spain's La 1 channel stays on air in August, and its anchor remains on screen despite the upcoming digital switchover.
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Javier Ruiz, the anchor who doesn't know what a holiday is
Does Javier Ruiz never take a holiday? Judging by his uninterrupted presence on La 1 all summer, it seems not. Not even August stops him. While the Ceuta crisis dominates the news, the news anchor gets up early as if it were January. The question is whether it's vocation or a strategy to stay in the spotlight before his move to a new DTT channel, scheduled for November.
His critics won't forgive him a single day off. They accuse him of never letting go of the microphone and of becoming a government mouthpiece. Others, more ironically, point out that the Spanish state administration never takes holidays: if the message is that power never rests, someone has to report it.
The real question is not whether he deserves a holiday, but whether public television should operate as an essential service in August. Meanwhile, the anchor stays at his post. Or, as a civil servant with a wry sense of humour would say: the job won't fill itself.
Does Javier Ruiz never take a holiday? Judging by his uninterrupted presence on La 1 all summer, it seems not. Not even August stops him. While the Ceuta crisis dominates the news, the news anchor gets up early as if it were January. The question is whether it's vocation or a strategy to stay in the spotlight before his move to a new DTT channel, scheduled for November.
His critics won't forgive him a single day off. They accuse him of never letting go of the microphone and of becoming a government mouthpiece. Others, more ironically, point out that the Spanish state administration never takes holidays: if the message is that power never rests, someone has to report it.
The real question is not whether he deserves a holiday, but whether public television should operate as an essential service in August. Meanwhile, the anchor stays at his post. Or, as a civil servant with a wry sense of humour would say: the job won't fill itself.
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